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"Free" engagement shoot

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Justine, on September 28, 2016 at 4:01 PM

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So my photographer has gifts that they give for booking at the wedding expo. One of the gifts was a free engagement shoot so our photographer can get to know us. Sounds great but we have to come to them and they're located on the opposite coast of Florida from us and are only available Monday -Thursday so we had to take the day off of work. Okay fine we did and now the night before our session they gie is our information about where to go etc. But now it's free with purchase of a disk ($500) of our photos or X amount of individual pictures amounting to more then a disk. I'm ringing out the night before that your going to charge me $500+ dollars for something advertised as free?! I'm not happy but I don't know how much engagement shoots go for? Should I cancel the shoot? Or should we go for it? And how much is "normal" for the price of an engagement shoot?

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Super May 2017
MrsRue · on September 29, 2016 at 11:41 AM
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In my area all engagement photos are included in the wedding photography price. Photographers in my area use it as something complimentary
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Dreaming of September · on September 29, 2016 at 11:46 AM
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I just think it is super sketchy that they literally waited until the last minute before telling you. Just makes me wonder what they will do later.
My photographer included our engagement session in the price of our wedding photography. But separately it would have only been 200
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annakay511 · on September 29, 2016 at 12:30 PM
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Definitely cancel!! You should do your e-pics with your wedding photographer. I think its very shady that you didn't find out the real cost until the day before. Nothing is free- the sitting fee was apparently "free" but of course you have to pay for the pictures. Most wedding photographers include the engagement pictures in their wedding package cost, so there's no point in paying extra for e-pics.
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Just Said Yes March 2017
Lyndsey · on January 28, 2017 at 9:41 PM
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I have also booked Elegant Imagery for my wedding so I am dying to know how everything turned out for you. Did you go to the engagement shoot? Did you receive your photos? Did you end up using them on your wedding day? If so, did you receive your photos in a timely manner and were you happy with the outcome?
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